[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WELCOMING JAMES R. SHAW

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Brat) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BRAT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce to my colleagues our guest 
chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives today, Reverend James R. 
Shaw. Pastor Shaw serves the Agnus Dei Lutheran Church in 
Fredericksburg, Virginia.
  After working for a Fortune 500 company in the IT management 
division, Reverend Shaw graduated summa cum laude from Concordia 
University in Wisconsin and proceeded to obtain his Master of Divinity 
from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
  Reverend Shaw accepted a call to Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Decatur, 
Illinois, in February 2008. He is now serving as missionary at large on 
behalf of the United Lutheran Mission Association at Agnus Dei in the 
Spotsylvania/Fredericksburg area of Virginia.
  He has gone on to serve congregations as a pastor, currently serving 
a small startup, Agnus Dei Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 
He also serves as VP of administration, CIO/CTO, and professor of 
church history and ethics at Walther Theological Seminary, Decatur, 
Illinois.
  Mr. Speaker, Agnus Dei Lutheran Church is a church that is indeed 
alive. Reverend Shaw and the entire church family minister each day 
through worship services, daily prayer, and by serving those in need 
through ministries that support families by providing grief and crisis 
counseling.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues today to welcome Reverend Shaw, his 
wife, Peggy, and the rest of his family who have joined him today. May 
God bless his family and may God bless the church family at 
Clearwater's Calvary Baptist Church as well as our country today.

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